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VOLUME 18. NO. 33
ASHE COUNTY IS ...
Leading Livestock and ihw?
County in North Carotin*
Population: 22.6K4
S2.50 a Year in Ashe County
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPT. 18. 1947
$3.00 a Year Out of County
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Annual Feeder Calf Sale To Be Held Tues.
Iron Lung Will
Be Oil Display
Here Next Week
To Be Shown At Burgess Fur
niture Company: Contri
butions Coining In
It was announced this week
tiiat the iron lung, purchased b>
veteran's organizations as a pari
of the memorial, will be on dis
play at Burgess Furniture com
pany next week and that there
will be some one present to ex
plain it to the interested public
In addition to the iron lung, a
memorial monument to the wai
dead is to be erected on the court
house grounds. Contributions arc
now coming for both of these.
Solicitors have been named for
the vorious townships. Checks
may also b| mailed in to L P.
Colvard. treasurer ot the fund, it
was explained.
A partial list of funds received
is as follows:
American Legion Auxiliary,
Duvall's Grocery. $100 00 each.
First National Bank, Belk's De
pt Store. Rhodes Furn. Co.. Sky
land Post. C. & H. Service Station.
Colvard Oil Co., Burgess Furn.
C ■. W. J. Parts Co.. G F. P.
Chevrolet CM.. Ray Hardware.
$25.00 each.
Earl Graybeal. $20.00.
W. J Food Center. W. J. Wo
man's Club, $15.00 each
Ashe Hardware. Bare-Little &
Co.. City Florist. Firestone Store.
Ideal Laundry. $10.00 each.
W E. Dollar. Wiles Jewelry.
Clayborne Parsons. Grant Suther
land. W. J Esso Service Station.
E E Jones Store. Jane Miller.
$5.00 each.
Reo Miller. Ray Hardware (ad
ditional) $2.00 each.
B A. S' xton. J T. McMillan.
E B. Hartzog. Gladv. Neal. $1.00
each.
Ni'u Serial \\ ill
i»r«lin I Ills \\ e(‘k
Beautiful Redhead Suffers
From Amnesia In “.Min
der Is Forgetful"
A new serial entitled “Murder
is F -uttVl." written by William
Bogart, will begin in this week's
issue of The Post. It is a story
about a beautiful girl with red
hair and green eyes who is ap
parently suffering 'rum amnesia.
ver since her husband was mur
dered.
Mue Martin, a literary agent,
and Johnny Saxon, private in
vestigator, have been retained
by the Hardware Smiths, wealthy
New York family, as body guard
for the lovely redhead, Irene
Smith, to prevent any harm from
befalling her. Johnny and Moe.
n til ■ 'ate of bankruptcy un
less some funds can be brought
into their business of course are
eagei f< : the job. Miss Smith
was in the process of writing a
novel wb n her memory left her
(Ci i.tinued on Page 4)
I)r. (panI I <> I!<>ld
Clinic Fri<lav
It was announced this week
that a clinic for crippled children
would be held at the offices of
the health department in the Ashe
Hospital oil Friday morning, with
Dr. John S. Gaul of Charlotte in
charge.
Parents are asked to bring all
children in need of observation
and attention.
Men Arrested On
Parkway, Friday
Three Ashe county men, Leo
nard. Robert and Ira Miller, ol
Glendale Springs, were arrestee
by Park Ranger A. E. Stark Fri
day on the Blue Ridge Parkwaj
on the charges of reckless dnv
ing and refusal to report an ac
cident. . .
Leonard, who was driving, was
fined SlOO.nO before U. S Com
missioner Ralph Davis, in North
Wilkesboro at a hearing. Rober
and Ira were both fined S25.
Robert Cox. of Laurel Springs
also charged with reckless driv
ing, was fined $100.
County Teachers
Meet Wednesday;
Yelton To Sneak
f’HERRY FLAYS ROLE
Gov. K. Gregg Cherry
shown in make-up when he
played a brief role in the "Lost
Colony." historical drama pre
sented each summer on Roan
oke Island.
Ilumlrcils Attend
Sen ter Baptist
Ass* 11 Last Week
Many Visiting Elders Are
Heard: Eld. Paid Davis A
gain Named Moderator
Approximately 1500 people at
tended the ninety-fourth session
of th. Sen ter District Primitive
Baptist Association hold Friday.
Saturday and Sunday at the Bear
Creek Baptist church. A number
>f visiting elders were present as
were members from here in the
county and state and neighbor
ing states.
Visiting elders pn- ent included
C. B. Kilby, of Sparta; D. P.
Broadway, of Salisbury: B. T.
Jenkins, of West Ya.: Hugh Blev
ins. of St. Clair's Bottom. Ya..
and Elder Stover, of Wi st \ •<
Elder Dewey Roten pr. ached
the introductory sermon and ;
number oi otner messages were
delivered to tin congregation,
(Continu b on page 4)
O. E. Lawrence
Kilo Hold Sal.
Funeral service for Oscar E
Lawrence. 69. former Ashe man
who succumbed in Charlotte last
Thursday, was held Saturday at
the South Fork Baptist church.
Officiating were Revs. H. M
Winkler and Mr. Stevens Burin
was in the Graham cemetery.
The son of t ho late Henry and
Nancy Lawrence, he was married
to Mrs. Sally Oliver Lawrence
who survives. Two children. Ve
nal Lawrence, of Charlotte, anc
Mrs Rav Bledsoe, of Nottingham
Pa., and two sisters, Mrs. Jennie
Graham anal Mrs. Lou Houck and
ten grandchildren also survive.
Charlie Spencer And Elizabeth
Barrett Will Also Have
?’art On Program
A B. Hurt, superintendent of
schools announced yesterday that
1 the first county-wide teachers'
meeting of this school year would
be lu Id next Wednesday, Sep
tember 24, at the county court
house at 1:00 o'clock, when Na
than Yelton, will speak on the re
i tirement fund for teachers.
I Charlie Spencer, of the health
! division of the N. C. Board of
Education and Miss Elizabeth
, Barrett, of the guidance program
j will also speak. Mr. Hurt said.
Mrs. Gertrude Vaught, presi
dent of the Ashe county unit of
the NCEA will outline plans and
j memberships in this group will
be sought. “We want every teach
er in the county to be present,”
Mr. Hurt said, in discussing the
meeting. He added that he felt
that all of them would be bene
1 fitted by the information to be
offered.
Many Leave Here
To Enter College
Enter Institutions Of Learn
ing In North Carolina,
Tennessee And Virginia
More Ashe county boys and
girls are preparing to leave this
week for colleges and universities
here in the State as well as in
Virginia and Tennessee as the
fall terms get underway Some
students began studies last week
and those _\vho do not leave tins
week plan to enroll at their res
pective places at an early dal •
Those to rc turn t< the W
College of the* University oi
North Carolina are Evelyn Dare
Vanr.oy and Elizabeth Gravhi
Margaret Phillips will begin hi”,
first year ai Greensboro Collet’ .
Four Ashe boys will resume
studies at the University of North
Carolina and four will begin work
there for the first time. They a.e
Greece Pennington. Morris Elk •
W. B. Austin. Jr., and Frank B u r:
Allen Worth. Bill Woodie, P I
i Little and Winfred Barr.
F. B. Jones has re-entered I-e
i noir-Rhyne and J. Buckley Ra
der has returned to Pheiffer Jun
ior College.
Basil Duke Barr and Earl Ross
Haire left Sunday for Columbia
Military Institute at Columbia,
Tt nn. Frances Ann Todd has en
. tered Marion College, Marion,
Va.
Two girls and one boy entered
Gardner-Webb. They tire Bob
ir Jean and Dorothy Campbell
and Robert Hartsog.
Those who plan to enter State
College next week are Will and
Walter Allen Worth and Marvin
and Ralph Stump. Wade E. Van
noy. Jr., will enter law school at
Duke University next week.
Scott Deftny plans to enroll at
Bowling Green.
Dougliton Lands REA Before
Group; Re-Elect Directors
Federal legislation enacted in
1935 by which the Rural Elect
rification Administration was
created has affected the nation's
rural population more vitally
than any measure enacted by
Congress, Representative Robert
L. Doughton told the Blue Ridge
Electric Membership Corporation
at its annual meeting in Lenoir,
Saturday.
More than 57 per cent of farms
in the United States have been
electrified largely through the
REA he stated. Loans of more
than $1,000,000,000 to provide
53(1.000 miles of electnic lines
have been made by the govern
ment for expansion of the pro
gram, he said.
“The prosperity of our towns,
and indeed our whole moral, so
cial and economic system, depend
largely upon the prosperity and
happiness of the American farm
er,” he said.
The co-operative re-elected all
directors: A. G. Beach, Lenoir:
D. R. Moore and C. O. Poovey,
j Granite Falls C. L, Mast, Pat
terson; Clyde Perry, Sugar Grove:
A. W. Greene, Boone: Clarence
Newton, Shulls Mills; Bert Mast,
| Mable; C. B. Graybeal and J. C.
Goodman, West Jefferson; V. C.
I Lillard, Creston: A. B. Hurt, Na
than’s Creek; R. C. Halsey and
Dan Jones, Sparta, and D. M.
Edwards, Ennice.
The directors re-elected officers
as follows: Goodman, president
Mast, vice-president; Beach, sec
retary-treasurer; Max Wilson, at
torney. and G. F. Messick. general
manager.
The corporation has more thar
i 7,000 members in Caldwell, Wa
(Continued on page 4)
U. S. Boy Scouts Return From World Jamboree
American Boy Scouts line the rails of the U. S. army transport, Gen. Harry Taylor.
The ship arrived at New York from Europe where the scouts attended the International
Boy Scout Jamboree in France. More than 1.000 scouts from every state of the Union
were reuresented at the iamhoree.
Count* Gels 5
More Teachers In
Enrollment Gain
Two Additional High School
And Three Grade Teach
ers Secured
In what is believed to be an
all-time high enrollment gave the
county an addition.il five teach
ers above the mtrr.be. they start
ed with as school opened. A. B.
Hurt county superintendent of
schools, said that while he does
rot have the official total enroll
ment for tht county, he had rea
"M ti believe that it was far!
.mve last year because of the'
crowded condit ins in most of
the schools.
In the additional allotment,
West Jefferson and FLetwood
each got a high school teacher,
while Riverview, Jefferson and
Nathan's Creek each were allat
■ d an additional grade teacher.
This brings the county's total up
to 185.
I A‘a«£iK‘ Schedule
Again Extended
Due to rain and other compli
cations. ball games scheduled for
the past week end were not com
pleted and have been re-schedul
ed for this week end The series
will of course again be postponed.
Dan Compbell, secretary of the
league, pointed out.
Friday afternoon, West Jef
ferson will play at Lansing: Sat
urday afternoo)n, Wbst Jeffer
son will play at Laurel Springs.
West Jefferson played Laurel
Springs last Saturday and the
game was called off in the elev
enth inning due to darkness. The
score was then tied at 8-8.
Sunday, Helton will play at
West Jefferson.
Horse Killed By
Truck Yesterday
J. H. Duke, of Georgia, was
released on $300 bond pending
judgment, following a hearing
before Justice David Burkett
1 yesterday afternoon. Duke was
' charged with reckless and hit
i and-run driving after being ar
rested by State Highway Patrol
man D. A. Houston, yesterday
morning.
He was reported to have struck
j a horse, owned and ridden by
Newt Elliott near Oak Lodge
yesterday morning and the horse
died instantly of injuries sus
tained when the heavy trailer
truck. driven by Duke struck
him. Elliott, the rider, reported
that he just managed to dismount
the horse before the vehicle
I struck the animal.
Ashe A-H Boys Make Records
In Dairy Show; \\ inners For
Friday And Saturday Given
Information I *
Available For
i)air\ Farmers
Urged To Contact Sanitarian
Wade I liller In Regard
To Grade "A" Dairies
Wadi K. Eller. district s; r.itar
ian said yesterday that some
confusion exists in ree: rd to the
planning of barns for the pro
duction of grade A raw milk for
pasteurization. "This ought not
to be true since ttie Alleghany
Ashe-Watauga District Board of
Health has provided, the neces
sary inforn i guidai
you need in getting your plans
approved and the advic*' to the
construction foreman as the work
progresses.” he said.
“All you need to do to avail
yourself of this service is to >■ e
or write me oi leave vour request
at the Health Department in the
hospital or with the county a
gent in the courthous .
"It is very important to you
that you have your plans checked
and approved before you begin
construction, as this will save
you time due to mistakes in coti
truction, vvl ch are often n
when the plans are not submit
ted lor approval. This service is
free to all persons who wish to
avail themselves of it. These barns
must pass it spection before the
milk produced in them can be
(Continued on page 8)
Attendance Is Good; Win
Several Prizes In
District Event
Evidence that there is a grow
ing inters.' t in the dairy business
among 4-H hoys was deipmsira
ted by the animals which they
sponsored in the local and district
junior dairy shews held last week.
The attend;-!; c w; , unusually
good for the iocal sh*>w. held in
the new Ash • Motor e mo; i y
building on F hay. previous to
tin district s!i hi la in Lexing
ton on But til' v
In the 1. a a- K -‘ !•' cl~
company oli o S4n.ua ha prizes
and M. G. F.ev :.is ofinvii an ..11 -
ditional Sllia'u. The placines in
a a
(Continued on page 4i
Legion L<‘ a <1 r r
C
flciv SalunliiN
W. L. Ingold, of Taylo! ville,
district commander of the Amer
ican Legion, was the guest speak
er at the meeting of the Ashi 11
171. at thi community building,
Saturday night.
Commandei Ingold, a veteran
of World W.oa I and II. spoke
to the .
in the Legion constitution and or.
the World War 11 veteran's right
and benefits and the part the le
gion plavtd in seeming them.
The speaker was introduced
by Ira T. Johnston.
A movie or modern scu-ntu'c
development a - also sh< a .
group.
Sears Explains Policy Of
Loans Made Farmers i>\ FHA
Thomas ri sears, oi the war
mers Home Administration Of
i fice at West Jefferson,
which serves Ashe and Alleghany
counties, returned from a state
wide conference at Raleigh to re
view program operations and ac
tivities for the ensuing year.
Mr. Sears stated that emphasis
was placed on the fact that far
mers who can obtain credit from
regular sources on reasonable
terms and conditions are not eli
gible for assistance through the
Farmers Home Administration
He also stated that the loan funds
available this year for some types
of loans are very limited in com
I parison with funds available fot
such purposes in previous years
Direct Government loans foi
the purchase, enlargement anc
development of family - tvp«
farms will be made to the exten
that funds are available. Veterans
have preference, it was stated.
Insured mortgage loans are al
so available through Farmers
Home Administration for the pur
chase, enlargement and develop
ment of family-type farms by ten
ants. sharecroppers, and farm la
borers who are eligible for the
services of the agency. Veterans
; also have preference in applica
: tions for these loans. This is the
j first time that such loans have
I been available to farmers. Mr.
Sears explained that all loans will
be made on the basis of appraised
normal values. The borrower pays
down 10 per cent of the normal
value, and a lending institution,
such as a bank or insurance com
pany. lends the remaining 90 pei
cent. The Government insures the
loans and Farmers Home Admin
(Continued on page 8)
(halves Will Be
Offered From
Four Counties
350 Choice Animals Are To
Be Sold; Harry Hamil
ton, Jr., Is Auctioneer
Plans are now being comple
ted for the fifth annual feeder
calf sale to be held at the West
Ji fferson livestock market Tues
day, September 23, opening at
1:00 o’clock, H. D, Quessenbeny
county agent announced.
Calves will be offered from
four counties, Ashe, Alleghany,
Avery and Watauga. The sale
which is being sponsored by the
State Department of Agriculture.
Extension Division and the West
Jefferson livestock market is t.x
pected to attract a large crowd
It was announced that calves
should be brought in as early ir.
the morning as possible so that
they can be graced before the
sale. Beef specialists from the N
C. Department of Agriculture will
assist in the grading, it was ex
plained.
Calves will be offered weigh
ing from 300 to 050 pounds and
are to be divided into pens ac
cording to their weights. Grow
ers are requested to have celvea
do-hornod and to make other
preparations for the sale which
is to include only good grade
calves, and not scrubs Harry
Hamilton. Jr., is to act as auction
eer.
A .special show will also be held
in connection with the sale
Tie re will be a "Get of Sire” class
of five steers, not confined to
one owner, by a registered bull
Prizes for this grouji will be
$25.00: $20.00: $15.00; $10.00 and
$5.00. Mr Quessenberry said.
l.o u ii l \ bn tries
In f ill Stork Show
1-1! Club Hoys And Girl
Win Several Places
In Elkin Show
A--! 1 i Him . H club : cm
i w hi: ; ntri s in the El
mti'inu ;.i i-.-i i 'in Surry. Alle
ghany. C.'ddweil. Iredell, Wi'.ke?
Air .,m<ii St :r-. V idi. r.
i' ml'.' in' •
T mmy I’aii' v. of Cd n. u r.
elas.-.. He \v; also selected U.r
tiK) showman.- nip class, unci place..
i“urth there. Ti.is was consider -
ei unusually g<.od, since this
w as Ins tirsi sir .
Clyde Edmeadsten, of Hemlock
took sect.; place in the lig;;:
weight class. His animal was
among best 10 selected to: the
showmanship group.
Betty Ecu Thomas, of Grassy
Creek, entered in the medium
weight cla-s and link a blue iib
O'.m, Tin;, animal placed tenth in
(Continued on page 8)
Sinking Will Be
Held Here Sim.
It was anni'unced this week by
Col. man Payne ti.at a singing
would be hold a: u.i West Jefter
son Baptist ciiuieh on Sunday
afternoon, beginning at 1:30 p.
m.
There will be a number of visi
ting quartets and other special
groups participating. Every one is
invited to attend.
Salt- Of Tattle
\rt> $15,467.50
The dispersal sale of the Aber
deen Angus cattle, of the herd of
the late Eugene Transou, held
Friday at the Locust Grove Farm.
I near Sparta, netted $15,467.50.
The top animal was sold to
Wade Hampton, of Sparta, for
$420.00. Those from Ashe county
purchasing registered stock were
Folding Miller, of Laurel Springs,
price paid. $230: G. W. Stringer,
Wagoner, price paid, $175.
Others from Ashe buying stock
and prices paid are J. W. Gam
ilill, West Jefferson, $255: second
purchase. $335: Roscoe Oliver,
Silas Creek. $140; and Van Miller,
Laurel Springs, $107.50.